Chapter 246: The King
The night was bleak, the cool moon was like water, and a clear ray of moonlight passed through the quiet woods and sprinkled on the grass, and the blades of grass were crystal clear and could see clear and incomparably complex veins. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In an instant, these lines bloomed with a brilliant blue light as if they had gained life, and then extended infinitely in all directions, interspersed, and compounded. In the darkness, a precision magic array composed of magic power was engraved on the floor of the church, and in the center of the magic array was placed an elegant golden-blue scabbard.
This is a quiet church, the moonlight spills into the interior through the glass, the moonlight reflects the floating dust in its purity, and then a little bit of faint blue light is mixed with the dust and gradually brightens, more and more, more and more densely, illuminating all the corners of the church, this scenery is really too dreamy to make the silver-haired woman standing in front of the magic array amazed, stretched out her hands to touch these almost physical magic.
Another middle-aged man standing in front of the magic array was silent, and after the magic array was completely constructed, he stretched out his right hand, and it could be seen that the back of his hand was clearly engraved with a red spell.
He recited a solemn incantation, and all the floating blue balls of light trembled, and then were pulled into the magic array by an invisible force.
- Declaration
Your body is entrusted to me, and my fate is attached to your sword.
Respond to the call of the Holy Grail, and follow this will and the truth, answer me!
I am the one who accomplishes all the good deeds in the world, and I am the one who gathers all the evils in the world.
Seven days of entanglement of the three great spirits.
Walk through the Wheel of Inhibition, Guardian of Libra! ”
The middle-aged man with a cold face spoke more and more urgently, and the violent magic power was like boiling hot water pouring into the magic array, and the dazzling blue light exploded rapidly, and when the middle-aged man recited the last spell, the violent magic power suddenly dispersed, and the turbulence of the air combined with the chaotic magic formed a white smoke, and the magic array within the smoke was standing at some point for a young knight who did not belong here.
When the girl opened her eyes, her dreamy blue eyes looked directly at the cold middle-aged man in front of her, and her voice was as straightforward and decisive as her appearance: "Just ask, are you my master?" ”
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"The war has begun."
"A battle between magicians revolving around the almighty wishing machine."
"Seven ancient heroic spirits broke free from the limitations of time and space, and held a banquet of the victors together."
The fragments flickered, and one after another ancient heroic spirits appeared on the screen, either handsome and handsome, or strong and domineering, or proudly looking down on the common people, each of them releasing their arrogance about this Holy Grail War.
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The promotional video for "Fate/Zero" was officially announced on the homepage of the animation production company [Edge] and is divided into two types: this promotional video and the promotional video of Yu Kamiya's novel, the former focusing on the content of the "Fate/Zero" anime, and the latter being a longer part of the clip recording a character's experience.
Yu Kamiya has released a biography of King Arthurian Pendragon on the company's homepage, with a total of 200,000 words in three volumes. This is a story created by Yukami Kamiya based on the experiences of real historical figures, based on the character of Artoria Pendragon to further refine the background, and at the same time, the novel of just 200,000 words has more than 40 exquisite original drawings to record the life of the young knight king, and explain the whole story from her perspective.
Born as the child of King Uther of Britain, but unable to inherit the throne due to her female status, King Uther lodged her in the home of a knightly servant for her safety, where she was educated in the virtues of knighthood and was granted wisdom by the magician Merlin. After the death of King Uther, the knights of the country wanted to choose the king by drawing the sword in the stone, and at this time, Artoria, who should not be qualified to inherit the throne, pulled out the sword in the stone and became the new master of the kingdom.
The Knight King, Artoria Pendragon
The knight king lived in an era when the kingdom was in decay without the protection of the empire, and there were many internal conflicts due to the king's successor. She was undoubtedly a wise king, the sharpest sword in the entire kingdom at the time, and she led Lancelot, Gawain and other knights to establish countless feats, and won twelve major battles in twelve years, and the kingdom prospered.
Perhaps it is her innate identity, Artoria is destined to have no good ending, the royal road she adheres to is getting farther and farther away from reality, her decisiveness and calmness are considered by others to be emotionless, and her great military exploits for the king have become evidence of the king's unkindness. She is gradually isolated by the other Knights of the Round Table, but even then she has no choice but to endure everything in silence and continue to protect her kingdom as king.
The Knight King's most trusted Knight of the Round Table, Lancelot, and Queen Gnavelle had a personal affair, King Arthur was indifferent, gossip filled the entire kingdom, and the Knight King's silence became the default.
With the departure of many Knights of the Round Table, Morgan, the Knight King's cousin, took the opportunity to create a replica of the Knight King, Mordred, and then launched a rebellion through Mordred's manipulation of domestic speech. At that time, in Altoria, he was forced by the pressure of public opinion to lead an expedition to France, where Lancelot was located, and after returning, he fought with Mordred at the Hill of the Fence, the Knight King killed his son, but lost the protection of the Holy Sword Sheath, and the Knight King Artoria Pendragon also fell on the Hill of the Sword Fence due to serious injuries, looking at the kingdom that was about to perish and grieved.
The tone of the entire backstory is very rigorous, and Yu Kamiya adopts a narrative technique of mixing third-person and first-person visuals, looking at the story from the perspective of a girl, her confusion, her suppressed feelings, and her disappointment when her expectations are not answered, and the Knight King tries his best to fulfill his obligations as king but does not get a response from the kingdom.
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Yu Kamiya has a very good impression of this young knight king, feeling that the knights of the round table and the people who left her in her story are purely looking for trouble, and the royal way insisted by Saber in the king's banquet is not recognized, and is considered an ideal that a girl should not have, and the desire to go back and tamper with history has also become a laughing stock, which is defined as overturning her past experience.
In fact, Kamiya Yu seems that the mouth cannon of the king's wine banquet is also unqualified, and only refuted around the identity of the knight king's girl. Yu Kamiya believes that it is not the king who is not qualified during the knight king's reign in Britain, but the subjects, and if the knight king continues to adhere to her philosophy, then she is also a wise king.
But as said at the king's banquet, the knight king still retains the softness that belongs to a girl in her heart, and she forces herself to always play the identity of the king and cling to the king's obligations. This is not out of his own insistence, but the biggest disqualification of the Knight King as a king. (To be continued.) )